Bau Duc and his university degree at VFF
It is not without reason that in recent days, Mr. Duc has strongly reacted to the contradictions in the VFF house before the 8th Congress and the risk of mafia-style manipulation with only one person sitting in 7-8 seats.
Unfortunately, after Mr. Duc's protest, the people involved still maintained a frightening silence. What's more dangerous is that the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, despite sending people to infiltrate the VFF, has not made any moves, thinking that it is the VFF's own business (!?).
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Mr. Duc has contributed a lot to Vietnamese football. |
Mr. Duc shared that he did not quarrel or make enemies with anyone. His direct pointing at VFF Standing Committee member Tran Anh Tu was to destroy the stronghold of manipulation and monopolization, not because of personal grudges. Mr. Duc said that Mr. Tu or anyone else, for that matter, could not do their job well when sitting in 7-8 different chairs at the same time.
From the VFF standing meeting with the full presence of the VFF President and Vice Presidents until later in the Executive Committee, Mr. Duc spoke very clearly about the shortcomings of being a lone horse in the election for the position of Vice President in charge of finance that will take place at the 7th Congress.
Mr. Duc - Doan Nguyen Duc affirmed that the VFF Congress should be postponed because there are many irregularities in personnel preparation. If the congress still takes place and Mr. Tran Anh Tu - a person who holds too many positions - becomes the vice president in charge of finance, he will withdraw from professional football, withdraw the HAGL team from the V-League...
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Mr. Tran Anh Tu (right cover). |
Mr. Duc pointed out right in the meeting: “The media seat is stable, with 5 people competing comfortably, now the finance seat has only Mr. Tran Anh Tu, who will compete with? This is extremely dangerous for the next term if not done correctly.
Very talented people have no jobs, no one to recommend them. And sorry, Mr. Tu has only been in football for a few years. I think this election is unique, who will be elected in the end? Mr. Tu and no one else. Is the media seat "more fragrant" than the finance seat?
If I were introduced, Cao Van Chong would sit here, Dang Van Thanh and Le Thanh Trung would have to step through football to do this job. We need to orient the introduction to be fair, to have an accurate vote, otherwise one vote and one vote will be ruined, definitely ruined. Whether I do football or not, I will still speak frankly. I speak frankly with my heart, I do not advise anyone, I do not like anyone, I do not defend anyone.
The irony is that the contradictions that Mr. Duc spoke out in the meeting did not receive any reaction, even from the person who was specifically named, Tran Anh Tu, sitting next to him, so much so that he wrote a letter a few days later.
Fortunately, after that meeting, Mr. Duc learned that people had deliberately concealed and deceived him about the nomination list that did not include his name. It was not until at least 3 member organizations were surprised and questioned that people covered up this story and that story to cover up their negligence or a deliberate plot.
VFF Vice President Doan Nguyen Duc affirmed that Mr. Tran Anh Tu's withdrawal from the position of General Director and Head of the V-League Executive Board was just a 'move' to retreat after his strong statements. The HAGL President still firmly stated that there are still many unclear issues that need to be clarified before the VFF Congress.
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In fact, Mr. Duc said many times that he would withdraw from the position of Vice President of VFF, but for some reason, the Personnel Subcommittee pushed him out of the Executive Committee. This led to Mr. Duc's anger right in the meeting when he directly said that VFF was doing things wrongly. Everyone sat in silence.
There was another trick that Mr. Duc did not expect, which was that for the first time, VFF included the criteria of university graduation in the candidate profile. He immediately asked: "Did a group insert this criterion to eliminate others?
I apologize to you, the President may not even have a degree. If this criterion is set by the Ministry of Interior, the Government or the Law of the National Assembly, we agree. As for VFF, it is a professional social organization and should not be set. VFF does not have the right to set such a condition. I propose to remove this immediately."
Mr. Duc did not hide the fact that he only studied at the school of life and did not have any university degree. He humorously said that Bill Gates did not have a bachelor's degree, so why should he be ashamed?
But Mr. Duc regretfully stood still for half an hour during the meeting, he almost acted alone because he did not encounter any objections from many highly qualified people.